Al-Zuhd - Ibn Abi al-Dunya - (48)

Al-ZuhdIbn Abi al-Dunya

63 – Al-Ḥakam ibn Mūsā narrated to us; al-Khalīl ibn Abī al-Khalīl related; from Ṣāliḥ ibn Abī Shuʿayb, who said:

Allah revealed to Jesus, son of Mary—peace be upon him—saying:

“Give Me, within your own self, the place of your deepest concern; make Me the treasure you store away for your final return. Draw near to Me by voluntary devotions and I will draw you near; rely on Me and I shall suffice you; and do not turn to anyone but Me, or I will abandon you.

Be patient under trial, content with My decree, and be as I wish you to be, for My good pleasure is that I be obeyed and not defied. Stay close to Me; keep My remembrance alive upon your tongue; let My love dwell in your heart. Stay wakeful for My sake in the hours of heedlessness, and be before Me both ascetic and ardently desirous—mortify your heart with reverent fear.

Keep vigil through the night seeking My pleasure; thirst by day for My sake—for the Day that awaits you with Me. Strive with all your might in good works; stand among My creation upholding My justice; judge them in accordance with My counsel. I have sent down to you a cure for the misgivings of the breast—the disease of Satan—a clearing of the sight and a lifting of the veil of dullness. Do not sit inert like a cushion, as though buried while still alive and breathing.

In truth I say to you: no vicegerent has believed in Me without humbling himself before Me, and none has humbled himself before Me without hoping for My reward. I call you to witness that he is safe from My punishment so long as he does not alter or replace My way.

Anoint your eyes with the kohl of grief when the idlers laugh; beware of what is coming in the Afterlife—its quakes, terrors, and hardships—when neither wealth, nor family, nor children will avail. Weep over yourself in the days of life like one who has bidden his loved ones farewell, become weary of the world, left its pleasures to their devotees, and fixed his desire on what is with his Lord. In all of that be patient, seeking the reward. ⦗49⦘ Glad tidings to you if there reaches you what I have promised the patient.

Withdraw from the world a day at a time; be content with bare sufficiency from it, and let what is coarse therein suffice you. Taste the flavor of what has already slipped away—where is its taste now? And of what has yet to come—where is its delight? Had your eyes seen what I have prepared for My righteous allies, your heart would melt and your soul would depart out of longing for it.”

٦٣ - ثنا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ: ثنا الْخَلِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ، قَالَ: أَوْحَى اللَّهُ ﷿ إِلَى عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ﵇: أَنْزَلَنِي مِنْ نَفْسِكَ كَهَمِّكَ، وَاجْعَلْنِي ذُخْرًا لَكَ فِي مَعَادِكَ، وَتَقَرَّبْ إِلَيَّ بِالنَّوَافِلِ أُدْنِكَ، وَتَوَكَّلْ عَليَّ أَكْفِكَ، وَلَا تَوَلَّ غَيْرِي فَأَخْذُلَكَ. اصْبِرْ عَلَى الْبَلَاءِ، وَارْضَ بِالْقَضَاءِ، وَكُنْ كَمَسَرَّتِي فِيكَ، فَإِنَّ مَسَرَّتِي أَنْ أُطَاعَ فَلَا أُعْصَى، وَكُنْ مِنِّي قَرِيبًا، وَأَحْيِي ذِكْرِي بِلِسَانِكَ، وَلْيَكُنْ وُدِّي فِي قَلْبِكَ. تَيَقَّظْ لِي فِي سَاعَاتِ الْغَفْلَةِ، وَكُنْ لِي رَاهِبًا رَاغِبًا إِلَيَّ أَمِتْ قَلْبَكَ بِالْخَشْيَةِ " رَاعِ اللَّيْلَ لِتَحَرِّي مَسَرَّتِي، وَأَظْمِئْ لِي نَهَارَكَ لِيَوْمِكَ الَّذِي عِنْدِي، نَافِسْ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ جَهْدَكَ، وَقُمْ فِي الْخَلِيقَةِ بِعَدْلِي، وَاحْكُمْ فِيهِمْ بِنَصِيحَتِي، فَقَدْ أَنْزَلْتُ عَلَيْكَ شِفَاءَ وَسَاوِسِ الصَّدْرِ مِنْ مَرَضِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَجِلَاءِ الْأَبْصَارِ وَغِشَاءِ الْكَلَالِ، وَلَا تَكُنْ حِلْسًا كَأَنَّكَ مَقْبُورٌ وَأَنْتَ حَيٌّ تَنَفَّسُ، بِحَقٍّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: مَا آمَنَتْ بِي خَلِيفَةٌ إِلَّا خَشَعَتْ لِي، وَلَا خَشَعَتْ لِي إِلَّا رَجَتْ ثَوَابِي، أُشْهِدُكَ أَنَّهَا آمِنَةٌ مِنْ عِقَابِي مَا لَمْ تُغَيِّرْ أَوْ تُبَدِّلْ سُنَّتِي، أَكْحِلْ عَيْنَيْكَ بِمُلْمُولِ الْحُزْنِ، إِذَا ضَحِكَ الْبَطَّالُونَ احْذَرْ مَا هُوَ آتٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْمَعَادِ مِنَ الزَّلَازِلِ وَالْأَهْوَالِ وَالشَّدَائِدِ، حَيْثُ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا أَهْلٌ وَلَا وَلَدٌ، ابْكِ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ أَيَّامَ الْحَيَاةِ بُكَاءَ مَنْ قَدْ وَدَّعَ الْأَهْلَ، وَقَلَا الدُّنْيَا وَتَرَكَ اللَّذَّاتِ لِأَهْلِهَا، وَارْتَفَعَتْ رَغْبَتُهُ فِيمَا عِنْدَ إِلَهِهِ، وَكُنْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ⦗٤٩⦘ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا، طُوبَى لَكَ إِنْ نَالَكَ مَا وَعَدْتُ الصَّابِرِينَ. تَرَجَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا يَوْمًا بِيَوْمٍ، وَارْضَ مِنْهَا بِالْبُلْغَةِ، وَلْيَكْفِكَ مِنْهَا الْخَشِنُ. ذُقْ مَذَاقَةَ مَا قَدْ ذَهَبَ مِنْكَ أَيْنَ طَعْمُهُ؟ وَمَا لَمْ يَأْتِكَ أَيْنَ لَذَّتُهُ؟ لَوْ رَأَتْ عَيْنُكَ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لِأَوْلِيَائِي الصَّالِحِينَ لَذَابَ قَلْبُكَ، وَزَهَقَتْ نَفْسُكَ اشْتِيَاقًا إِلَيْهِ "